Days of rain from Tropical Storm Lee remains turn into fatal East Coast flooding

Associated PressMario Ortiz, walks through floodwaters next to his home yesterday, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- Days of rainfall from what had been Tropical Storm Lee has inundated a wide portion of Pennsylvania and other northeastern states, pouring into basements and low-lying homes and forcing tens of thousands of people to seek higher ground. At least seven have been left dead.

Lee's impact has been heavily felt in waterlogged Pennsylvania, as authorities closed countless roadways, including some heavily traveled interstates, and evacuation shelters were opened for displaced people.

Similar scenarios have played out in Maryland and New York, but the fading storm's wrath has also been felt from Connecticut to Virginia.